File:Ap8-KSC-68PC-329.jpg

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The Apollo 8 Saturn V builds thrust after ignition of the S-IC first stage F-1 engines on December 21, 1968.

Note that the Moon is double-exposed - it was neither visible at the time of launch nor in the crescent phase at this time.

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